Quotes About Silence

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth.

10 persons who speak make more noise than 10,000 who are silent.

Too much talk will include errors.

Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.

For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.

The harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls, As if that soul were fled.

Night, when deep sleep falleth on men.

And the night shall be filled with music And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.

The days come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party, but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away.

Taking time to live is taking time to appreciate simple silence as better than any kind of talk, or watching a flower, or watching a guy wash the windows on a skyscraper and wondering what he is thinking.

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.

Silence sweeter is than speech.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Oh has thou forgotten how soon we must sever? Oh hast thou forgotten this day we must part? It may be for years and it may be forever; Oh why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?

When you stop talking, you've lost your customer.

The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Private place and plenty of time are the life of prayer.

God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be dumb.

Prayer is something deeper than words. It is present in the soul before it has been formulated in words. And it abides in the soul after the last words of prayer have passed over our lips.

God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to pray in words, I would have to repeat what I have already said. At such times it is wonderful to say to God, "May I be in Thy presence, Lord? I have nothing more to say to Thee, but I do love to be in Thy presence."

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Never tell your resolution beforehand.